Default Microsoft Urdu Keyboard

Now, you should be able to open any Microsoft Windows 10 application i.e. Notepad and type in Urdu. Make sure you toggle the language by clicking the bottom-right icon “ENG” and selecting “Urdu Pakistan and Urdu Keyboard” option;

Phonetic Urdu Keyboard

Lately, there has been another alternate Urdu keyboard called “Urdu Phonetic Keyboard” which is getting popular now-a-days. The reason for its popularity is because every English alphabet is associated with similar-sounding Urdu alphabet. For example, A is connected with the Urdu alphabet “ALIF”. And so on and so forth.

Here’s how you can install an additional Urdu phonetic keyboard in Microsoft Windows 10;

Phonetic Urdu Keyboard Layout

Official CRULP Urdu language phonetic keyboard (WITH SHIFT) for regular Urdu alphabets looks like this (you may have to open the image in a separate window to see more clearly);

For special characters including symbols in Holy Quran, you can press RIGHT-ALT and/or RIGHT-SHIFT. That particular keyboard layout looks like this (Again, you might need to open this image in another window to zoom in for a better viewing);

Another easily readable and view-able version of the same Urdu phonetic keyboard;